(3009) Coventry Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 September 1973 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Coventry is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Coventry is 2.50 au from the Sun and 2.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3009 |
| Provisional designation | 1973 SM2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.75 km (#13,325 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.455 |
| Rotation period | 79.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.95 |
| Orbital period | 3.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.75 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.205 |
| Inclination | 4.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.737 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 22 September 1973
- (2004) Lexell
- (2006) Polonskaya
- (2036) Sheragul
- (2123) Vltava
- (2394) Nadeev
- (2644) Victor Jara
- (2721) Vsekhsvyatskij
- (3186) Manuilova
- (19081) Mravinskij
More named asteroids discovered by N. S. Chernykh
- (1796) Riga
- (1836) Komarov
- (1907) Rudneva
- (1908) Pobeda
- (2004) Lexell
- (2006) Polonskaya
- (2036) Sheragul
- (2113) Ehrdni
- (2123) Vltava
- (2149) Schwambraniya
- (2164) Lyalya
- (2178) Kazakhstania
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